[Wine] Documents do not open when icon is clicked - Ubuntu 9.10

[Martin Gregorie]

On Mon, 2010-03-01 at 10:24 -0600, Jonners59 wrote:
> dimesio wrote:
> > 
> > Jonners59 wrote:
> > > I have WINE installed.  I find that the only way to open documents, such as word and excel is to open the application then go to File menu, select Open, find the file and open that way.
> > 
> > 
> > http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19385
> 
> 
> This is not the same problem.  Mine does not say it can not find, it just ignors the command to open.  If I open Word and find the file, it will open, but it does not if the icon is ticked, especially if on a server or external drive...
> 
Have you configured Nautilus (the Gnome equivalent of Windows Explorer)
to run Word in Wine when you click the document icon?

Right click on the document, select 'Open with Other Application' and
use 'Use a Custom Command' and write the command needed to start Word in
the box, e.g. something like
 
   wine "C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\word.exe"

Nautilus will append the file name when it starts Word. Disclaimer: I've
tested this using OpenOffice, not Word because I don't have Word
installed.


Martin